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LOVING AND LEAVING THE GOOD LIFE

Book ID/图书代码: 04312007B12293

English Summary/英文概要: Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of Living the Good Life and many other bestselling books, lived together for 53 years until Scott’s death at age 100. Loving and Leaving the Good Life is Helen’s testimonial to their life together and to what they stood for: self-sufficiency, generosity, social justice, and peace.

In 1932, after deciding it would be better to be poor in the country than in the city, Helen and Scott moved from New York Ciy to Vermont. Here they created their legendary homestead which they described in Living the Good Life: How to Live Simply and Sanely in a Troubled World, a book that has sold 250,000 copies and inspired thousands of young people to move back to the land.

The Nearings moved to Maine in 1953, where they continued their hard physical work as homesteaders and their intense intellectual work promoting social justice. Thirty years later, as Scott approached his 100th birthday, he decided it was time to prepare for his death. He stopped eating, and six weeks later Helen held him and said goodbye.

Loving and Leaving the Good Life is a vivid self-portrait of an independent, committed and gifted woman. It is also an eloquent statement of what it means to grow old and to face death quietly, peacefully, and in control. At 88, Helen seems content to be nearing the end of her good life. As she puts it, "To have partaken of and to have given love is the greatest of life’s rewards. There seems never an end to the loving that goes on forever and ever. Loving and leaving are part of living."

Helen’s death in 1995 at the age of 92 marks the end of an era. Yet as Helen writes in her remarkable memoir, "When one door closes, another opens." As we search for a new understanding of the relationships between death and life, this book provides profound insights into the question of how we age and die.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 海伦•尼尔林和斯科特•尼尔林是《生活美好生活》及许多其他畅销书作品的作者,他们一起生活了长达53年之久,直到斯科特于100岁那年离开人世。《热爱并离开往昔之美好生活》是海伦对两人一起共同生活以及他们所代表的理念的纪念:自给自足,宽容,社会公平及和平。

1932年,海伦与斯科特在决定了与其在城市中贫穷,不如在乡村中贫穷后,两人从纽约城搬到了佛蒙特。正是在这里,他们建造出了《生活美好生活:如何在纷乱世界中简单而理智的生活》中所描绘的传奇庄园,而这本书也卖出了25万余册,并激励了成千上万的年轻人重回故土。

尼尔林夫妇于1953年搬至了缅因州,在那里他们继续努力的从事着艰辛的家庭庄园体力劳作,并一刻不停地继续着促进社会公平的脑力斗争。30年后,当斯科特的100岁生日临近,他决定是时候为自己的离世做出准备。他开始停止进食,六周后,海伦抱着他的身体,与他进行了永别。

《热爱并离开往昔之美好生活》是一幅生动的自画像,有关于一名独立、专注同时极具天分的女性。同时,本书是一场无声却胜有声的低调陈述,告诉你所谓慢慢变老、平静祥和地面对及掌控死亡的真实含义。88岁时,海伦感到自己已经似乎十分满意,可以接受自己美好生活的终结。正如其自己所写道:能够分享与接受爱意,并给出爱的信息是生命赐予我们的最伟大的馈赠。爱,似乎从来就没有尽头,并将永远一直这样继续下去。热爱并离开本身也是生活和活着的一部分。

海伦于1995年,92岁高龄时离世,同时也使得一个时代从此终结。然而正如海伦自己在其伟大的回忆录作品中所写的那样,“当一扇门关上之时,必有另一扇门随之打开”。当我们还在为生活与死亡之间的关系而孜孜不倦的寻求时,本书将带领你深入地一探我们该如何衰老与死亡的永恒话题。(DC)

Awards/获奖情况:"有史以来最美的爱情故事之一。。。。。。“---伊丽莎白•库伯勒•罗斯

图书馆期刊---这本平静又含蓄的回忆录是对所谓“美好生活”以及海伦•尼尔林与斯科特•尼尔林主张并共同实践了53年的自给自足,简单生活,社会主义及平和主义的一种礼赞。1928年,当海伦遇到45岁的经济学教授斯科特时,她才年仅24岁,当时斯科特已经因其激进的观点而被各大学列入黑名单,被各大出版社所封杀。1932年,尼尔林夫妇离开了纽约城,转而前往位于佛蒙特的一所农场,开始了他们在《生活美好生活》中所描述的自给自足的农场生活,该书也成为了后来“回归农地运动”的圣经之作。随后他们搬至了缅因州,并且在20世纪60-70年代之间,基本上他们每年都会接待2000余名来访者。对于斯科特于海伦而言,旧时代是一段“充满了成就与满足感的时光”。斯科特保有着力量,坚持下了其生命中最后的数十年。然而当1983年他100岁生日逐渐临近时,他选择加速且平静的离开自己的美好生活。海伦是一名恰如其分的叙述者,随着时间的流逝,她转换角色开始第三人称的叙述,探讨了她与印度哲学家克里希纳穆尔迪的关系。同样的,她关于死亡与老去的章节描述,以及其对于自己所爱的这名伟大的男子的爱的刻画十分深刻而具有说服力,从而使得本书得以成为公共图书馆的必购书籍。(威尔达•威廉姆斯)

About the Author/作者介绍: 海伦•尼尔林与丈夫斯科特一起离开了城市的生活,在约60年前,他们首次搬到了佛蒙特,随后搬至了位于缅因州的农场哈伯赛德。尼尔林夫妇的饮食与生活哲学为许多寻求简单生活方式的人们提供了巨大的指引。

Helen Nearing left city life with her husband, Scott, nearly sixty years ago to move first to Vermont and then to their farm in Harborside, Maine. The Nearings’ food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life.

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